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.,~/$%£### just  off the coast to  the  baltic  sea ###£%$/~,.
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.,~/$%£### they  speak  to  the sloane, caress  it, ###£%$/~,.
....~//$%£ urge it to grow  thicker,  tangled, with £%$//~....
.,~/$%£### longer  and sharper thorns. they tell it ###£%$/~,.
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.,~/$%£### push forward,  tell  them  that  they're ###£%$/~,.
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.,~/$%£### sloane to make sure that  the thorns cut ###£%$/~,.
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.,~/$%£### in  turn  drinking  the  animals  blood. ###£%$/~,.
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.,~/$%£### the  circle  is  complete,  the contract ###£%$/~,.
.,,,,/%£## carried out;  the animal is abandoned to ##£%/,,,,.
.,~/$%£### find its own  way back. the bushes roots ###£%$/~,.
....,/%£## drink the nutrutious water. the  fairies ##£%/,....
.,~/$%£###          dance in the sunbeams.          ###£%$/~,.
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